Collocations, Idioms, and Linking words

Vocab Lists

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Collocations, Idioms and others

Definition

A nervous wreck

a person suffering from stress or emotional exhaustion

Try to fully exploit it

to completely exploit something

On cloud nine

very happy

over the moon

extremely happy

On the edge of your seat

very excited and giving one's full attention to something

Implausible twist

not seeming reasonable or likely to be true

Break the news

to tell someone about some important new information

Cheer someone up

make someone less miserable

Every cloud has a silver lining

every difficult or sad situation has a comforting or more hopeful aspect, even though this may not be immediately apparent

Down in the dumps

very sad, unhappy

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